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DeMarcus Cousins is worth considering as a fantasy basketball waiver wire pickup heading into Week 12 of the NBA season.
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 28% of leagues
ANALYSIS: The Bucks have three players on the shelves exiting 2021 and that means they are legit one of the healthiest teams in the Association. Really. Khris Middleton and Semi Ojeleye are out per team reports, and Brook Lopez will most probably miss the remainder of the season after undergoing back surgery. Alas, DeMarcus Cousins got a deal a few weeks back in a desperate signing by the Bucks, but hey, it's not that Milly had (or has) many warm big bodies around.
Cousins has been a steady contributor since debuting a month ago. He's played 14 games and although the minutes are low (17 MPG) he's been able to stay healthy, on the court nightly, and putting up some incredible per-minute numbers. Of course, looking at raw/counting stats is always going to give you a bad first impression, but that's mostly because of the role/playing time DMC is getting in his nth NBA stint.
DMC is averaging nearly a 9-6-1-1 line with 0.5 steals to go with it. That, doubling the minutes to almost the classic 36-minute line and settling them at just 34, would have Cousins averaging a healthy 18-10-2 easily. In fact, in the games in which he's played 27+ minutes (three of them) Cousins got to average a 17-9-2-2-1. It's hard to see him playing such a high playing time, but given the craziness of the season Cousins shouldn't be looked at as the craziest of players to roster these days.
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